The Conquest of Plassans
By Émile Zola & Helen Constantine
- Release Date: 2014-06-12
- Genre: Classics
An ambitious and unscrupulous priest arrives in the provincial town of Plassans, intent on conquering its political and social life. His arrival has profound consequences for the Mouret family, whose lives are turned upside down. This is the fourth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years.